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This time it’s different: When DeFi meets NFTs

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Time Stamp: August 23, 2021 9:17 AM - Modified On: August 23, 2021 - Published By:
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With decentralized finance and nonfungible tokens seeing a meteoric, rise it’s easy to believe crypto apps are finally breaking through. But is there actually real user growth, or is it just the same influencers moving from one hyped market to the next? We sought to answer this puzzle and identify what it means for the future of innovation. So, let’s take a closer look at the growth of DeFi and NFTs.DeFi is arguably the most prevalent application of smart contracts today. Automated market makers, algorithmic stablecoins and yield farming strategies

Bringing Together NFTs, Sustainability and Music With OneOf CEO Lin Dai

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Time Stamp: August 16, 2021 11:00 AM - Modified On: August 16, 2021 - Published By:
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BeinCrypto spoke to Lin Dai, CEO and co-founder of OneOf. The platform aims to transition music ownership and sharing into the future with its unique “green” non-fungible token (NFT) offerings. Sponsored Sponsored NFTs are no longer a fad or a hype. Rather, they have cemented themselves as a bona fide part of the future of blockchain products. While most NFTs revolve around art, music is not far behind. This industry is catching up and benefiting from this new tokenization strategy. Sponsored Sponsored However, since most NFT marketplaces are geared towards

Poly Network hacker returns less than 1% of the $600M theft

Source Node: https://cointelegraph.com/news/poly-network-hacker-returns-less-than-1-of-the-600m-theft
Time Stamp: August 11, 2021 12:07 PM - Modified On: August 11, 2021 - Published By:
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These transfers have occurred across the three wallets associated with the Poly Network hacker across the Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain (BSC) and Polygon networks. Poly Network confirmed receipt of the returned funds via a tweet issued on Tuesday.Details from Etherscan show that $2 million worth of Shiba Inu (SHIB) and $616,000 in Fei USD (FEI) tokens are being returned.So far, we have received a total value of $4,772,297.675 assets returned by the hacker.ETH address: $2,654,946.051BSC address: $1,107,870.815Polygon address: $1,009,480.809 pic.twitter.com/bPFAQk4mvS— Poly Network (@PolyNetwork2) August 11, 2021Data from BscScan also shows the

Wormhole 2.0 Mainnet Launch Links Smart Contracts

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Time Stamp: August 11, 2021 11:00 AM - Modified On: August 11, 2021 - Published By:
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Wormhole, a Solana Labs-backed multichain connector, launched its mainnet. This new protocol aims to bring the key issue of interoperability to the forefront of the DeFi conversation. Sponsored Sponsored In a world increasingly open to innovation and fast-paced development, communication is of the utmost importance. That’s the ethos of the multichain connector Wormhole. The company intends to use its technology to make communication between different blockchains effortless.  Wormhole’s technology makes it possible for funds, votes, programs, and any other transferable information to effortlessly pass from one blockchain to the next.

Leading Smart Product Retailer Wellbots Now Accepting Bitcoin Payments

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Time Stamp: July 12, 2021 2:05 PM - Modified On: July 12, 2021 - Published By:
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Wellbots, a U.S.-based smart product online retailer, has announced that its customers can now make payments for goods at checkout using six cryptocurrencies.  Wellbots Now Accepts BTC  Announcing the development in a press release today, Wellbots said it will now accept Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), and popular stablecoins Dai and USD Coin (USDC) for its smart products.  Before this time, the online store only accepts traditional payment methods such as Shop Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Amazon Pay, Credit Card, and Affirm.   However, with the integration

Tether Sets New Records With $20bn+ Market Cap

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Time Stamp: December 18, 2020 1:22 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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USDT is now also the fourth largest crypto by market cap. The news was announced in a Tweet from the company. At the time this article was written, Tether had a market cap of slightly over $20.03 billion. This is down about $10 million from its peak today, according to CoinMarketCap.  Tether has just surpassed a $20B market capitalization! This fantastic milestone is another confirmation for Tether maintaining its number one spot as the most liquid, stable and trusted currency! pic.twitter.com/sorWjzChIo— Tether (@Tether_to) December 18, 2020 Accelerate! Tether’s market cap has